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The Queen's Wards - Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I (Hardcover)
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The Queen's Wards - Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Marriage
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Originally published in 1958, this new impression of The Queen's
Wards from 1973 made available once more a work that remains a
significant contribution to the history of society and government
in Elizabethan England. The Court of Wards was a bizarre
institution with roots going back to feudal mediaeval times.
Revived by Henry VII, formally instituted by Henry VIII, the
concept of wardship reached its zenith in Elizabethan times, when
it was used as a powerful weapon in the raising of revenues and in
controlling the aristocracy. The Court administered on behalf of
the Crown the properties of fatherless minors (of whom there were
many), bought and sold the rights to exploit these properties
during the minority of the heirs, and even sold the heirs
themselves into marriage (or withheld permission to marry). This
control of marriage rights was clearly open to abuse, corruption
and political exploitation, and as a symptom of Elizabethan times
the Court provides an interesting and illuminating subject for
study. The system had a special significance in government policy
and played a considerable role in the politics of the age: this is
attested to by the fact that for nearly half a century the history
of the Court of Wards is dominated by William Cecil (Lord Burghley)
and his son Robert. Many other prominent courtiers and politicians
were involved, and figure in this book.
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